giob

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɟɪbˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɟɨ̞bˠ/

Noun

giob m (genitive singular giob, nominative plural giobanna) or
giob f (genitive singular gibe, nominative plural giobanna)

bit (small amount of something), scrap (small piece, fragment), morsel

Declension

As a fourth-declension masculine noun:

Declension of giob (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	giob	giobanna
vocative	a ghiob	a ghiobanna
genitive	giob	giobanna
dative	giob	giobanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an giob	na giobanna
genitive	an ghiob	na ngiobanna
dative	leis an ngiob don ghiob	leis na giobanna

As a second-declension feminine noun:

Declension of giob (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	giob	giobanna
vocative	a ghiob	a ghiobanna
genitive	gibe	giobanna
dative	giob gib (archaic, dialectal)	giobanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an ghiob	na giobanna
genitive	na gibe	na ngiobanna
dative	leis an ngiob leis an ngib (archaic, dialectal) don ghiob don ghib (archaic, dialectal)	leis na giobanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *giob*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
giob	ghiob	ngiob

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.